DAVID CLARKSON AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE OUTLIER SEASON: THE NHL 2013-2014 THREAD (INCLUDING HAPLESS LUONGO SIGHTINGS, A FULL SEASON OF UPPER BODY INJURIES, STANLEY CUP CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS H

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Red Wings and Blue Jackets, welcome to the East.

...OCKEY IS THE BEST

that money is hyonotic

The Dallas Stars released a statement on Sunday saying the club did not condone comments made on Tyler Seguin's Twitter account over the weekend. A message from his Twitter account, @tylerseguin92, appeared on Saturday night that read, "Only steers and queers in Texas, and I'm not a cow."

lotta coke rumors abt that guy

for the new thread:

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also jmod did you happen to notice that the devils signed 30-year-old ryane clowe to a 5-year, $24.25m deal? dude had three goals this year.

I did not but that makes 100% sense.

also I have said it elsewhere but goalies have to be the most overvalued commodity in sports right now. In what universe does dropping 2M [even for one year...] on Khabibulin make sense (vs. minor league minimum; or 1m on, like someone under 50).

http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind13prolog.shtml

HHOF list to be revealed today; looking forward to Paul Kariya getting voted in, for some reason.

Shanny Chelios & a Neidermayer

hope roenick is weeping somewhere

that somewhere is from his modest pile of NBCSports money

also

"After playing the 1995-96 season with the Whalers, Shanahan was traded to the Detroit Red Wings two games into the 1996-97 season in exchange for Keith Primeau, Paul Coffey, and a first-round selection in the 1997 NHL Draft (Brian Glynn was packaged with Shanahan)."

jesush h christ those names

rip whalers

And that first round pick was...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Tselios

Sort list of names picked after Tselios:

Scott Hannan
Brandan Morrow
Krisian Huselius
Roman Lyashenko
Maxim Afinogenov (lol)
Prtr Sykora
Ville Neiminen
Kyle Calder
Matt Cooke
Todd Fedoruk
Andrew Ference

Still remember being pissed they got rid of Coffey back then, even though he was old as hell.

This makes 8 from the 2002 Wings in the HOF: Bowman, Yzerman, Fetisov, Larionov, Robitaille, Hull, Shanny, Chelli

p sure there will be more to come

was datsyuk and hank on that team? lidstrom was, theres any easy 9.

Datsyuk was, also Fedorov but he might be iffy (dunno why I feel that way).

fedorov is like the original 'enigmatic' russian who 'doesn't seem to care enough'

*kovalevcough*

lol tru

ilya kovalchuk is apparently retiring

with 12 years and $77 million left on his contract

wtf

He's made a lot of money. I think he'll be okay.

kind of a dick move to wait until after the draft/opening of free agency

i like it

oh, i'm sure he'll be fine. he's 30 years old and still a v. good player, so it's weird

it'll be an international incident if/whenever he decides to play in the khl

dude played almost three minutes more per game than any other forward in the league. that would be tough to replace even if he weren't their best player.

miss u bill magill

enigmatic russians are enigmatic

honestly shocked bill didn't return during the playoffs

ade killed him iirc . . . one way or another

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the nhl actually outdraws the nba, but you'd certainly never know it from espn

'the metropolitan division'

bettman will pay for his sins

hahaha poor Bill - I reminded him a few months ago that the Devils' first cup followed 48-Game Season I

Jagr to Devils apparently

sure why not

on his mission to play for every american east coast team before he retires

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Federov should be a HOF, imo.

Also in the 11 days I've been in Iceland, so far I have been offered 6 pints just for being a fellow hockey fan. The sport is really growing there, according to the local kids.

We will all look so stupid when Jagr raises the cup with the Panthers in 2017.

nah, islanders

Seems that the Yotes might finaly be safe perhaps maybe.

that's nice i guess? i still feel it would make more sense were they in quebec or hamilton or scarborough or seattle (or fucking lethbridge or kamloops maybe)

god knows i love the red wings (apart from the 2008-2009 playoffs i mean) but it is disturbing to hear that subsidies towards a new arena are somehow going forward despite detroit's bankruptcy

5 years is a long time also who gives a fuck about the coyotes get off this thred

jimmy mod have you considered trying out for sochi

n although i had wondered abt trying out for the chinese team before I think I am too far removed generationally etc also I would wait until they have it in mongolia/tibet/outlying chinese territories so that I would be guaranteed to make it to the medal round

1.34 Billion people and they can't make a functional NBA center surely they need a goalie ffs

I don't mind government subsidies for stadium, but I do mind it not being public property afterwards. Owners holding citizens hostages like in Edmonton or Miami (in baseball) is seriously wrong. But then municipal politics is the gangrene of North America.

Bylsma already rumored to be going to Florida

rutherford sounds like something of a caretaker. he's gonna have like four assistant gms, including bill guerin

i'm sure bylsma will be fine and much sought, but i feel kinda bad. he's the most successful coach in team history (albeit not as successful as he should have been) and he seemed like a nice guy

yeah Bylsma is a class act.

unlike the Rangers ability to go through the neutral zone against the Kings.

that missed interference call...

ugh.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaarf

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:(

Yeaaaah that's prolly it.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaarf

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sick move

Madness

the comeback is on!

...

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaarf

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Pretty good game

decent

endless! but fun

don't think vhs is having fun. not even sure jimmy mod is, despite my practically guaranteeing a championship with a gift of a sweater

Has any cup-winner ever taken 3 in OT, I wonder?

dat's a wrap. the blaring horn sounds make a nice drone. we need more (sonic) drones on TV.

I think every King is gonna give St. Louis a hug ;_;

Hockey is best

egregious misuse of the word "benefactor" just now

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Ok wtf? Just lost the CBC feed! They cut to the NBC feed (w/vertical picture problem)

logical. great season overall. proud of my rangers. etc.

Careful Kopitar! He almost DROPPED IT two years ago

when was the last time a team who didn't have a recent top 2 draft pick won the cup, the red wings in 08?

down 3-0 in the first round

three game 7s, all on the road iirc

that is something

And only one reg time victory in the final. crazy

Grats Kings, worthy champs imo

Happy with this result as a former New Jersey resident. Hate the Rangers.

Waiting for the first idiotic signing/the draft/when I come back from FLA to make the new thred. Accepting submissions for new titles (character restrictions apply)

Opening salvo:

'Ryan Miller: the carpetbagging years: your etc'

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rangers bought out brad richards

Dominik Hasek, Peter Forsberg, Mike Modano, Rob Blake and Pat Burns going into the hall of fame.

And Bill McCreary!

just the thing hasek and forsberg need to kickstart another comeback

Hartnell to CBJ for Umberger

I feel like forsberg is barely eligible like he was on a make-good nri shit as late as two seasons ago

But anyway better than some Bure/Sundin nonsense

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Whoa

tha boss

penguins in utter disarray

yeah what do you think of that deal?

I'm always glad when a blueliner is drafted #1

i'm not really sorry to see neal go -- he won't put up those numbers without malkin and was evidently kind of a dick -- but they got no picks and no salary relief. tbf, i know absolutely nothing about the guys they got back, but i do wish i'd heard of them.

the whole gm/coaching search was awful and half-assed. the coach, who is saying all the right things and might still be great, was an obvious third (at least) choice who was compelled to take rick tocchet on his staff. the gm is an obvious caretaker with like half a dozen assistant gms fighting for priority.

i've heard that bill guerin (one of the agms) is super bright and beloved in the organization, but grooming multiple successors is just a recipe for further chaos.

crosby + malkin, tho. it shouldn't be this hard

apparently garth snow won the draft with ho-sang

I have waited for this day:

JAMES NEAL IS THE PROBLEM. JAMES NEAL IS THE SOLUTION: THE NHL 2014-2015 THREAD (INCLUDING THE ECSTASY OF RYAN MILLER, LOS ANGELES HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)